Culture Asahikawa Winter Festival 2025 Jessica Lin The Asahikawa Winter Festival is a large scale winter festival in Hokkaido, occurring around the same time as Sapporo’s Snow ...
Activities Sapporo Snow Festival 2025 Japan Travel The Sapporo Snow Festival is a festival held annually each winter up in Sapporo, Hokkaido, attracting visitors from all over ...
Culture Susukino Snow Festival 2025 Catherine Hagar Susukino's Ice Festival is a part of Sapporo's famous Snow Festival. The festival features detailed ice sculptures, outdoors ...
Activities Monbetsu Drift Ice Festival 2025 Kim Bergström Monbetsu, in north eastern Hokkaido, hosts an annual drift ice festival in February. The event features some incredible ice s...
Activities Onuma Hakodate Snow & Ice Festival 2025 Mandy Bartok Enjoy snow sculptures and an exciting ice slide at the Onuma Hakodate Snow and Ice Festival, held on the first weekend of Feb...
Culture Takikawa Lantern Festival 2025 Anna Cocchiarella The tradition of creating unique paper bag lanterns, made by the citizens of Takikawa, continues in its 11th year
Culture Otaru Snow Light Path Festival 2025 Serena Ogawa Otaru Snow Light Path Festival is just a quick trip from Sapporo and offers a romantic romp through a candlelit snowscape.
Activities Otofuke Tokachigawa Swan Festival 2025 Kim Bergström Running annually since 1992, the Otofuke Tokachigawa Swan Festival is based on the migration of around 1,000 white swans that...
Activities Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival 2025 Kim Bergström Each year during the winter months, Hokkaido's Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival brings a dose of colorful magic to this corner of J...
Activities Star Illumination of Goryokaku 2024-2025 Mandy Bartok Hakodate lights up the winter nights with a special three-month illumination at the Goryokaku star-shaped fortress.
